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West Palm Beach/Boca Raton/ Fort Pierce, Florida United States |
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| City | West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Branding | CBS 12 (general) CBS 12 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | The one to turn to. |
| Channels |
Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 12 () |
| Subchannels | 12.1 CBS 12.2 WeatherNation TV 12.3 Comet TV |
| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (WPEC Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | January 1, 1955 |
| Call letters' meaning | Photo Electronics Corporation (station owner from 1973 until 1996) |
| Sister station(s) | WTVX, WTCN-CA, WWHB-CA |
| Former callsigns | WEAT-TV (1955–1974) |
| Former channel number(s) | 12 (VHF analog, 1955–2009) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1955–1989) |
| Transmitter power | 90 kW |
| Height | 309 m (1,014 ft) |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 52527 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 26°35′18.0″N 80°12′30.0″W / 26.588333°N 80.208333°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | cbs12.com |
WPEC is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Gold and Treasure Coasts of South Florida in the United States. Licensed to West Palm Beach, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 (or virtual channel 12 via ) from a transmitter southeast of Wellington along US 441/SR 7, in unincorporated Palm Beach County. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station is sister to Fort Pierce-licensed CW affiliate WTVX, Palm Beach-licensed Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate WTCN-CA and Stuart-licensed Class A Azteca América affiliate WWHB-CA. All of the television outlets share studios together on Fairfield Drive in Mangonia Park (with a West Palm Beach postal address). On cable, WPEC can be seen on Comcast Xfinity channel 9 (in Martin, Palm Beach, Okeechobee, and southern St. Lucie counties) and channel 12 (in Indian River and northern St. Lucie counties), and in high definition on digital channel 433.